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6d ago
The Army recently dispatched a new long-range missile system to the Philippines for the first time since the U.S. in 2019 exited the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which banned such deployments ..read more
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1w ago
U.S. intelligence agencies are working on a report expected to reveal extensive corruption and hidden wealth held by Chinese Communist Party leaders, including President Xi Jinping, who also holds the post of party general secretary. The report is required in law by a section of the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act signed by President Biden in December ..read more
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2w ago
U.S. intelligence agencies are increasingly under fire for downplaying what a recent media investigation asserted was Russia's covert use of a new type of beam weapon that inflicted brain injuries on scores of American diplomats and intelligence officials, a condition that has come to be known as the "Havana syndrome ..read more
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1M ago
Tensions between the Philippines, a key U.S. ally, and China are reaching new levels following the latest use of water cannons by two Chinese coast guard ships against a Philippine navy boat that resulted in injuries to several sailors ..read more
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1M ago
Chinese leader Xi Jinping holds ultimate authority for launching a nuclear attack, and recently formed regional military commands are probably not in the chain of command for deciding on such strikes ..read more
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1M ago
Declassified Canadian government documents reveal that two China-born researchers at a high-security virus laboratory in Winnipeg worked secretly with China's People's Liberation Army and provided deadly virus samples to China ..read more
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2M ago
China is advancing its domestic, dual-use biological research with applications for the People's Liberation Army germ warfare programs, according to an open-source intelligence report ..read more
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2M ago
Growing dangers of a war with China highlight the urgent need to improve the military's ability to supply troops in the Pacific with weapons and other support, the admiral in charge of the Pacific Fleet says ..read more
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2M ago
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the shock troops for the theocratic regime in Tehran, have supplied missiles and one-way attack drones to the Houthis in Yemen who are carrying out strikes on global shipping in the Red Sea and other targets in the Middle East, the Defense Intelligence Agency revealed in a report made public this month ..read more
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2M ago
Amid growing tensions with China, the U.S. military lacks adequate sealift capabilities to support a war in the Indo-Pacific, according to the chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party ..read more